One Piece of Song Dynasty

The few of us visited Tokyo all over the city while waiting for the news, and now we can finally go home. It has been two months since Shung came out. Even Lao Wang has grown up a lot and can finally start his journey home.

It was August when I left home, and it is now October. The weather is getting colder and colder. It is estimated that it will be November when I get home. The winter in Quanzhou is not very cold, but Quanzhou is humid because it is close to the sea. Sometimes the cold and wet is worse than dry and cold. Uncomfortable.

Before departure, each of us went to a clothing store to buy two sets of thick clothes. We also bought a carriage and made the inside of the carriage very thick. There were two carriages, one for me, Lao Wang, Brother Xiaoqi, and one for Lu Junyi and Zhang Hu. They had a carriage and two horsemen.

When we were ready, we hit the road. We were frightened when we arrived, but relaxed when we left. However, in order to rush to receive the imperial edict, we couldn't waste time on the road.

Looking at the city of Tokyo in the distance, I have mixed emotions. The next time I come back, it will be the moment when this prosperous city is about to suffer a catastrophe.

We walked on the road for more than days and arrived at Lijiazhuang, Nan'an County a few days earlier than expected. When I returned to the village, I saw that my mansion had been expanded. The new mansion was larger than the original one. Once I entered the mansion, I Let’s go find the housekeeper first.

"Uncle An, I'm back."

"Hey, the young master is back. A certain family originally estimated that it would take some time for the young master to arrive home."

"Well, aren't we rushing back to receive the imperial edict? We're going a little faster. Will Uncle An have someone come to announce the edict in the next few days?"

"No, no one has come to announce the decree. I wonder what kind of official position the young master seeks?"

"It's good if we don't. It seems that we are ahead of the one who announced the decree. We passed by Hangzhou when we went there. I first went to see Cai Jun, the son of Grand Master Cai. Through his introduction, I met Grand Master Cai. The Grand Master was in front of the emperor. The official position I have obtained, I will be the magistrate of Hui'an County from now on, and Zhang Hu will be the county captain of Hui'an County."

"Then congratulations to the young master, congratulations to the young master. We can be considered as having an official, even though we bought it."

"If it weren't for the convenience of future work, I would not spend money to seek an official position. These two official positions cost us six thousand taels of gold. Although I bought the official positions, I still plan to do some things that benefit the people while I am in office. Yes, Uncle An can first go check out the powerful landlords in Hui'an County who have caused public outrage."

"Yes, son."

"And Uncle An, I bought an official position through Grand Master Cai this time. From now on, I will be branded as Grand Master and a member of Cai's party. Although Grand Master has a bad reputation outside, for us at this stage It is still useful. We must donate one thousand taels of gold to the Grand Master's Mansion every year as a reward for the Grand Master. You can handle this matter."

"Okay, sir, do you have any other instructions?"

"Well, I plan to open two more restaurants in Huai'an and Tokyo. I plan to let Gao Ping take over as the restaurant manager in Tokyo. I will let Gao Ping's current apprentice take over as the restaurant manager in Huai'an. I will let Nan'an's shopkeeper take over the current Quanzhou restaurant. Let his apprentice take over the restaurant."

"Well, a certain family knows."

"Uncle An, how are the arrangements made by Ruan Xiaoer and the others?"

"They all live in Hui'an now."

"Well, how are the pigeons at home training? Can we pass on the credit?"

"It can already be used to send messages."

"That's good. When Gao Ping and the others leave, let them take a few of them away so that we can communicate with each other later."

"Yes, son."

"Uncle An, did Tianhushan buy it?"

"I bought it more than a month ago. Here is the land deed. I will wait for the master to make arrangements when he comes back." The housekeeper handed me the land deed.

"Well, we'll talk about this later. How has the situation at home been during the three months since I left?"

"In the three months since the young master left, the situation at home has been relatively stable. However, something did happen in the workshop. Fortunately, the young master made arrangements before he left, so nothing major happened."

"Oh, what happened in the workshop?"

"Some people wanted to pry into the secrets of our workshop, but they didn't expect that the workshop was full of traps, causing two deaths and one injury. The injured one ran away. Later, a certain family asked the nursing team to strengthen inspections of the workshop. ."

"Well, how long ago did this happen, and what happened next?"

"About a month ago, nothing happened since then. However, since our fruit wine became so popular, the prices of those who supply our fruit wine raw materials have increased. Other merchants are too far away from us to supply, so A certain family agreed to them."

"Well, it's okay. When my county magistrate's decree comes, they won't dare to raise the price. Besides, our orchard should be bearing fruit."

"Well, it's all over."

"Then at least we can supply some of the raw materials ourselves. What about the other situations?"

"The restaurants are still as good as ever. The two restaurants made a net profit of 240 yuan in three months. There were 500 new gold card members and a profit of million yuan. There were new silver card members and a profit of million yuan. Guan, the five shops made a net profit of Guan in three months."

"Well, that's great. How many new people have come to our family in the past few months?"

"There are 5 new cooks, 30 new people in the nursing team, 25 new orphans, 8 girls and 17 boys, 55 new sailors, 15 new shipwrights, 5 new carpenters, and horses. There are 2 new shepherds, 4 new blacksmiths, and 30 men waiting for the young master to allocate them."

"Well, send two people to learn how to raise horses from the stablemen, four to be apprentices to the blacksmith, four to the workshops in the mountains, five to the shipwright, five to the carpenter, and four to be apprentices in the restaurant. , two will go to the restaurant as boys, and the last four will be apprentices with the sailors."

"Well, a certain family knows."

"There are more and more orphans among us. Fan Xiucai may not be able to take care of them by himself, so he needs to hire another teacher."

"Okay, let's go and invite a certain family. Master, we have two of our own ships already built."

"Well, once it's built, let's let the sailors start training. Since we have a blacksmith, we will open a blacksmith shop in our manor in Hui'an. We will buy farm tools and simple swords, guns, bows and arrows. We will buy iron ore directly. Store everything that comes out first, and buy more iron ore, and save it if you can’t use it up.”

"Well, good son."

"We'll first hire people to prospect for minerals in Tianhu Mountain. After the prospecting is over, we'll hire refugees to dig. The excavated coal will not be sold outside for the time being, but will be transported back and stored first."

"Well, sir, do you have anything else to say?"

"The horse herder will keep those horses first, and Uncle An will buy a few more horses. By the way, let's see if there is any way to buy some good horses."

"Yes, Master. Is there nothing else, Master?"

"Well, let's do this for now, but we still need to recruit people quickly, especially sailors and guards. The current number is far from enough."

"Okay, the young master's family will go down first."

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